It's a song Erna describes as a tribute to the power of music, a blueprint for how a song "makes you get off your seat, tap your feet, feel the energy and let it pass through you." With Sully on piano, acoustic guitar and the stray bongo, "Hometown Life" was also a family affair, with his 71-year-old father Salvatore - who helped nurture his son's own musical interest early on - playing trumpet on "Turn It Up". They can really pull off anything I ask of them." "It just goes to show their musicianship and versatility. "It was cool to see the same exact players sound completely different on this album," Sully says. On two of the songs - "Different Kind Of Tears" and "Your Own Drum" - Sully collaborated with Nashville-based tunesmith Zac Malloy, who has also written for Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Jake Owen, Skillet and Daughtry. "Hometown Life" explores Sully's diverse musical touchstones from James Bay, new country favorites like Chris Stapleton and Brantley Gilbert to soul legends Ray Charles, Etta James and Amy Winehouse.įor "Hometown Life", Sully worked with thesame musicians from "Avalon" with the exception of percussionist Niall Gregory. All of them are tied together with Sully's unflinching view of the emotional roller-coaster of his life, drawing us into an intimate space. I stopped categorizing a long time ago."Ī personal, confessional, raw work which takes yet another stylistic left-hand turn from the music he has created as frontman for the multi-platinum rock band GODSMACK, "Hometown Life" offers a wide-ranging glimpse of Erna's eclectic musical tastes - from the singer-songwriter Billy Joel/ Bruce Springsteen narratives of the title track and the bossa nova touch of "Take All of Me" to the breezy island feel of "Your Own Drum", the finger-snapping Motown bass lines of the bluesy "Turn It Up", the country flavors of "Different Kind Of Tears" and the wide-screen canvas of mini-symphonies "Blue Skies" and "Forever My Infinity".
I like to explore different kinds of music that work together. "It's not for critics, radio or even fans. "When I do a solo album, I write for myself," says Sully. The track "Don't Comfort Me", taken from "Hometown Life", can be streamed below. Sully Erna - founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the multi-platinum rock band GODSMACK - will release a new solo album, "Hometown Life", on Friday, September 30 via BMG.Ĭomposed by Sully on piano and acoustic guitar and produced in his New Hampshire studio, "Hometown Life" offers a departure from the tribal, world music feel and experimentation on 2010's "Avalon" the new album's ten songs are more accessible, sonically and musically precise.
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